Neal Krishna Devaraj

9.0

Quite nice. Tastes like an aged champagne reminds me of henri giraud — 3 years ago

Shangliao Sun

9.1

Bruised apple, toast, good acidity and great length. — 3 years ago

Byron Fuller

9.3

Not sure when degorged but superb bubbles and that old-school Giraud FdC nose that’s been lost in recent years and their cuvee insanity. Wish I had more of this, last bottle and pretty rare retail-wise now. — 4 years ago

Chris England

9.3

🎄 Advent Halfy Calendar Day 14 🎄

🎅 Santa says “Well this little explosive fruity beast 😈 sure made my cheeks & nose glow proper red 😊 Rudolf is jealous 🦌”

📝 I say I love Shafer 1 point 5 so Mrs E did good 😁

⏩ 🍾 Mrs E got Henri Giraud Brut Nature NV

📍 Shafer One Point Five 2014

💥 15.0% ABV

🏵 93-94 points

🍇 95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Merlot, 1% Malbec & 1% Petit Verdot

🍷 Deep blackened opaque ruby

👃 Rich blackcurrant, raspberry, chocolate goo & violet/lavender w/ punchy blueberry, cinnamon liquorice, spiced blackberry, minty cedar & damson cream pie

👄 Med++ body of rich silky creamy oozy black berry fruits galore bathed in raspberry chocolate w/ a violet, vanilla, blueberry & liquorice punch

🎯 Long warming ripe dark fruit annihilation w/ a raspberry & blueberry chocolate liquorice kick — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.4

No notes taken as just watching the world go by on an extremely hot 🌞 day in St Emilion with Mrs E 🥂 — 7 years ago

Alexander Reshetilov

9.1

Ячмень, бриош, яблоко, мятный холодок. Очень стройно, слегка слишком дружелюбно. — 8 years ago

Kimberly Holmes

9.0

Apertif af #lol — 9 years ago

with Sara, Amanda and 1 other

Quentin Thd

9.2

Grand champagne 🍾 — 3 years ago

Jelle Lars Heijmans

9.7

Grote champagne! — 3 years ago

Shuji Yanada

9.3

香りも味わいも豊か。
MV2012
— 6 years ago

Rubychick

9.5

Fat bottom girls you make the rocking world go round ❤️ — 7 years ago

with Geoff

Giancarlo Cicero

9.3

Color = hay. Love the color. Drinking very well. — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.3

At £120 I’ve always thought this is an overpriced NV/MV champagne but that said it’s still a lovely drop if you like it mineral bone dry 😉 I’m more of a Krug or Henri Giraud fan for MV @ this price range 👍

🏵 93-94 points

🍷 Golden straw

👃 Baked brioche, toasted shortbread biscuit, minerals, light citrus & apple w/ honeyed nuts

👄 Med body chunky mousse of touch tart caramel honeyed apple, sweet lemon biscuit & yeasty dry rock minerals

🎯 Med+ dry mineral infused caramel apple & citrus biscuity refreshment w/ a rocky mineral linger — 7 years ago

Nico J. Snyman

9.5

Dégorgement: 11/2016, Dosage: 7.5/l, elegant, citrus intensity, great balance, fine brioche. — 8 years ago

Neal Krishna Devaraj

8.9

Very interesting made from combining distilled leftovers from champagne process and mixing with grape juice — 3 years ago

Max Kappl

9.2

Excellent champagne! Beautiful golden color and intense apple and calvados arome, a bit of Sherry. I like! — 3 years ago

Shay A

9.5

This came from a special release called La Collection Crayeres Mis En Caves, where Charles Heidsieck released old non vintage champagnes dating back to 1990 and all the way through 2001, alongside a somewhat late disgorged release of their 2000 vintage (this bottle). I opened a bottle of the 2001 MEC (which is a base vintage of 2000) a few weeks ago and it was corked. Thankfully I got a spectacular experience with this 2000!

I was able to enjoy this next to a ‘96 Krug, 15 Henri Giraud and a few other great champagnes. Richly colored in the glass, almost gold like. Distinct aromatics of pencil shavings/sawmill dust, toffee, espresso, and lemon scone. Lots of depth and richness on the palate as expected, but it’s amazingly fresh. Nougat, more lemon pastry notes and plenty of creamy mousse at the finish. In fact, there were a lot of similarities to the ‘96 Krug, but less ginger and slightly less finesse driven. Absolutely delightful! — 4 years ago

Stanislav Lobanov

9.2

17/20 (92/100) Аромат спелого красного яблока, сливы, мякоти груши, бананов, персиков и клубники. Довольно тельное с меловой текстурой и высокой кислотностью. Отличный баланс, насыщенный, но не вульгарный вкус. Отличное rosé! — 7 years ago

E & K G

9.1

At least 10yrs since bottling. Fresh and still a good amount of acidity, but starting to develop as well. — 8 years ago

Nico J. Snyman

9.4

The Argonne oak really gives it such an amazing complexity, beautiful intensity, if I had to find a similarity it would be reminiscent of Corton-Charlemagne, but there's something so unique about this, really quite interesting. — 8 years ago